I sound like a broken record, stuck again

[gpetti20]

Trying to do a monogram for my family. got somewhat thru it. cant get my sketch to fully define. I have tried the line trick and fill gaps addon but not much luck. See attached . advise when you can.

Thanks, Glenn

[TheCADWhisperer]

@gpetti20 

Something like this doesn't have to be fully defined.

But find the gaps and lots of white dots (missing Coincident Constraints in some locations).

In the process of diagnosis I notice zero length line(s) (now not zero length after click and drag in image...)

[gpetti20]

Find the gaps meaning broken lines ??

Glenn

[gpetti20]

If I could keep Fusion from freezing up every 5 minutes I could search closer in. I don't know why this happens so often to me. It might be me overloading the program or I don't have something setup right

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

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@gpetti20 wrote:

If I could keep Fusion from freezing up every 5 minutes I could search closer in. I

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If this were my design...

1. I would start out using obvious symmetry about the Origin.

2. I would do this as at least 4 separate sketches rather than as one massive sketch.

3. I would not have any duplication (mirror) of sketch entities.

4. I would not have any white dots.

5. I would not have any zero length lines.

[gpetti20]

Got it. Thank you for your guidance and help with this.

Glenn

[TheCADWhisperer]

@gpetti20 

Was all of this geometry imported or was some of it created natively?

I suspect that my short answer in previous response will need elaboration to fully understand.

Keep sketches simple.

Several simple(r) sketches rather than a single complex sketch.

Mirror (duplicate) Bodies or Features rather than sketch elements.

[gpetti20]

Yes it was imported as a DXF file from esty.

Glenn